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9/30: On Yellowstone, Lillian Webb, Hillary Clinton, Fort Daniel Faire
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Reliving the Past and Enjoying the Beauty of Yellowstone Park
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Miss Lillian Webb
ANOTHER VIEW: Continues Conservation Concerning Whether Mrs. Clinton Is Progressive
ANOTHER VIEW: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 Concerns the “Dynamic Borders”
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
UPCOMING: Suwanee Gets Another Park, with 25 Acres Near Center of City
NOTABLE: Central Gwinnett Students Excited about Health Career Academy
RECOMMENDED: Miracle on the Hudson, by William Prochnau and Laura Parker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh’s Support for Land Treaty Cost Him His Life
TODAY’S QUOTE: Reflections About Exercising at the Gym
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues Abound for Your Taking in This Week’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a View of the Central Activities of the Gwinnett County Fair
CALENDAR: Fort Daniel Frontier Faire Set This Weekend at Hog Mountain
BRACK: Lillian Webb was major force in Georgia as elected official
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Lillian Webb was a major force for good in Gwinnett as an elected official. She was a Norcross councilperson (four years, 1971-74) to 11 terms as mayor (1975-84 and 1996-2007) and chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years (1985-1992).
“Miss Lillian” Webb, 87, died last week. She was a pioneering office-holder, leading the way for women in state Republican political activities, and in city and county government in Gwinnett. She was the first female mayor of Norcross, and first female county commission chair. And she did all this with such a happy, welcoming demeanor that charmed everyone she met.
9/16: New church building; Newspapering of yore; Progressivism
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mary Our Queen Catholic Church Plans New Building in Spring, 2017
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Oh, Many of Us Wish Back to the Better Days of Newspapering
ANOTHER VIEW: Progressivism and Checking Beyond the Edges in the Trump Arena
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates
FEEDBACK: Looking at People Not Voting, and Possible Makeup of Congress
UPCOMING: Suwanee Fest for 2017 Features Family of Super Heroes
NOTABLE: Gwinnett’s Jamie Cramer Named to State Palliative Care Board
RECOMMENDED: Piatto Restaurant, Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia State University Hold Southern Labor Archives
TODAY’S QUOTE: What September Brings Just About Each Year
MYSTERY PHOTO: These Rushing Waters May Throw You Off Base!
CALENDAR: Ninth Annual Rock’n Ribville, Saturday, September 17 on the Lawrenceville Lawn
NEWS: Former County Commission Chair Lillian Webb dies at 87
[UPDATED, 4:10 p.m., Sept. 15] GwinnettForum learned today of the passing of Lillian Webb, 87, former chair of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years, and former 11-term mayor of Norcross.
She was named Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year in 2013. More.
The family will accept visitors on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Crowell Brothers Home, while the funeral will be Saturday, September 17, at 2 p.m. at Norcross United Methodist Church, with burial following at Crowell Cemetery.
Gwinnett Forum | April 30, 2024
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
– Former Prime Minister Sir William Churchill (1874-1965).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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